Combined hat and coat hanger



(No Model.)

W. R. COLE.

COMBINED HAT AND GOAT HANGER.

Patented Jilly 22, 1884.

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U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM R. COLE, OF POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

" COMBINED HAT AND COAT HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,323, dated July 22,1884.

Application filed August 27, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. COLE, of Pottsville, in the county ofSchuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Combined Hat and Coat Hangers, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to portable combined hat and coat hangers, mainlydesigned for use in traveling and at theaters and other public places,similar in some respects to the combined hat and coat hanger andbutton-hook for which Letters Patent No. 270,889 were granted me January23, 1883. It differs, however, therefrom in not being constructed toform a long and separately-pivoted pendent button hook attachment orcoat-hanging hook, and in the general arrangement and construction ofits parts, whereby the device is rendered more compact, fewer partsserve to form both the coat-hanging hook, the hook by which the deviceis suspended, and the spring hatholding hook or clamp. The-coat isrestrained from slipping oil" its hook, and an enlarged pocket or spacefor reception of the brim of the hat is secured; also, whereby a singlemotion serves to either open or close the device, substantially ashereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figures 1 and 2 represent side views, full size, or thereabout, of myimproved hat and coat hanger as closed for putting away in the I pocketor elsewhere, and as open ready for ment of the coat-hanging hook Brelatively to the spring-clamp A secures an enlargement of the space I)for reception of the brim of the hatby constructing said hook with asuitable bend, so that its back protrudes toward the free end of thespring-clamp beyond the shank of said clamp. The free end of 'thespringclamp, too, supports the hook B at its back.

The coat-hanging hook B and the hook B, by which the device, whenopen-and in use for holding a hat, 0, and coat D, is suspendedforinstance, over the back E of .a seatare both made in one piece, and arefitted to swivel laterally, as at d, 011 the shank of the spring hook orclamp A, so that both hooks B B are simultaneously adjust-ed either intothe closed position of the device shown in Fig. 1, for the convenienceof carrying in the pocket, or into the open position of the device shownin Fig. 2, a single lateral or swiveling move ment in one direction ofthe combined hooks B B serving to open the device, and a like singlemovement in the reverse direction to fold or close it. One joint orswiveling attachment, too, serves for both hooks. Furthermore, the twohooks or hooked portions B B of the double hook are so arranged thatthey 'face in the same direction, so that not only when the device isclosed will the hook B" be caused to fit snugly over the spring-clamp Aand the hook B be closed at its front by said clamp, but when the deviceis opened and suspended for use, as described, the hook or hookedportion B will have its point toward or close .up to the seat or objectthe device is supported on, whereby the coat is restrained from slippingoff the hook.

Having thus fully described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent In a combined hatand coat-hanger, the opposite end hooks, B B, made in one piece andfacing in like directions, in combination with the spring hook or clampA, the shank of said hook B B being journaled to the clamp A, asdescribed, whereby the hooks B B may be caused by a single movement toassume an open or closed and folded position, substantially asdescribed.

WVILLIAM B. COLE.

WVitnesses:

O. LITTLE, FRANK LrrrLn.

